HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 14

(By Delegates J. Nelson, R. Smith, R. Phillips, Folk,

                        McGeehan, Faircloth, Moffatt, Ihle, Householder, Kessinger

                                                                  and Butler)

Urging in the strongest manner that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of the United States Department of Justice not to trample on the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution by banning common .223 and 5.56 mm ammunition.

            Whereas, The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms; and

            Whereas, In spite of the clear language of the United States Constitution the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of the United States Department of Justice has released a plan which would reclassify the popular .223 or 5.56 mm round as an armor piercing round which would render AR-15 style rifles obsolete without the proper ammo; therefore, be it

            Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

            That the State of West Virginia hereby respectfully urges in the strongest manner that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of the United States Department of Justice not trample on the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution by banning common .223 or 5.56 mm ammunition; and, be it

            Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates, forward a certified copy of this resolution to the President of the United States, to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of the United States Department of Justice and to West Virginia's delegation to the United States Congress.